James Flynn

JAMES P. FLYNN is a Member of the Firm in the Litigation and Labor/Employment Practices, and the firm’s Managing Director. His practice focuses on civil litigation, corporate counseling, trial and appellate work in the area of intellectual property, complex commercial matters, and employment law. An accomplished author, Mr. Flynn has published articles on developments in patent and trademark jurisprudence, evidence rules and trial practice, as well as on the ethical rules governing the propriety of an attorney contacting the opposing party's former employees. A voracious reader with an inquisitive intellect that enjoys focusing on an eclectic array of subjects, Mr. Flynn brings to his practice the sort of imaginative faculties and linguistic capacity that such endeavors and interests engender. Mr. Flynn further calls upon in the service of clients his legal, life, and educational experiences. These include being a member of his hometown's Board of Education from 2000 to 2009, General Counsel of the Simpson Baber Foundation for the Autistic, the present secretary/registrar for the Bayonne Youth Hockey Association, and a recipient at Wesleyan University of both the Davenport Prize (For excellence shown by a senior in government and politics) and Morningstar Award (to the varsity basketball player who best exemplifies sportsmanship, leadership, determination and unselfishness). He is also a former law clerk to Justice Marie Garibaldi of the New Jersey Supreme Court. His experience includes: restrictive covenants, trade secrets, trademarks and patent cases; acting as lead counsel for the defendants in to invalidate plaintiff's federal registration for the mark "The Drifters" and recognized the clients' ownership of the name; counseling clients and litigating disputes concerning trademark issues, false advertising, substantiation and consumer fraud